Savings bank



Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,547,622 PATENT OFFICE.

ERIC R. SKILNIK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS BANK.

Application filed January 18, 1923. Serial No. 613,352.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERIC R. SKILNIK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Savings Banks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a savings bank and particularly to a recording bank intended for use with a systematic savings plan whereby deposits will be made daily, and a record of deposits will automatically be made. One object of the invention is to produce a bank in which each deposit will automatically be registered as having been made. Another object is to produce a bank in which a daily reminder of the deposit is automatically made. Other objects will appear from time to time throughout the specification and claims.

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view;

Figure 2 is a side elevation with parts broken away and parts in section;

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section on line 33 of Figure l, on an enlarged scale.

Like parts are designated by like characters throughout.

A is the main casing of the bank. As here shown it is generally rectangular in shape but it might be of any suitable shape. It is preferably provided with bottom members or feet A A although these may be omitted. In its rear toward the top the casing A is cut away. At its front it is inwardly and outwardly bent to provide a groove A B is the closing plate of the bank. It is provided with the downwardly extending rear portion B The main top portion B is provided with a plurality of slots B B It has a downwardly extending curved flange B in its forward end adapted to engage the portion A of the casing A. In its rear it is provided with an enlargement B for a lock B on the casing A. The plate B carries in its under side adjacent its rear edge a trough-like compartment C. IVithin this compartment is positioned a calendar roll G upon which is wound a strip of paper carrying calendar notations for one year. Pivoted adjacent the forward end of the plate B is a baflle plate I) which is adapted to co-operate with a limiting stop D on the inside of the casing A, which prevents excessive downward movement.

, Pivoted to the plate B adjacent the compartment C is a second baffle plate E adapted to co-operate with a limiting stop E on the compartment C.

F is a locking plate. It is provided with a plurality of slots F F adapted to correspond to and register with the slots B B in the plate B. It is provided in its forward edge with a downwardly extending, curved flange F adapted to engage and lie within the portion A of the casing A. It is provided about its sides and rear with a downwardly and inwardly extending flange F 3 adapted to engage the sides of the plate B.

Gr, G are Set screws by means of which the plate F is screwed into engagement with the plate B.

H, H are the calendar markings on the strip of paper. As shown in Figure 1 they are designed to seal the slots B and F and to show through the slots F Although I have shown an operative device, still it will be obvious that many changes in size, shape and arrangement of parts may be made without departing materially from the spirit of my invention, and I wish therefore that my showing be taken as in a sense diagrammatic.

C C are set screws by means of which the trough-like compartment C is removably held in place.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

At the beginning of each month the bank is preferably opened and its contents removed. hether or not this is done, the upper plate is loosened from the lower end, and that portion of the calendar strip for the next ensuing month is drawn forward so that it is completely visible. The upper plate is then screwed down to the lower plate and the calendar sheet is gripped between the upper and the lower plate, and thus held so as to seal the slot openings and prevent slipping. A deposit is supposed to be made each day. Thus a deposit made the first of the month is inserted in the slot through which the figure 1 appears. When this deposit is made, the paper at that point is of course torn and thus the user of the bank has been reminded to make the deposit and in making the deposit has automatically made a record to that effect. The successive deposits on successive days are made in the same manner.

iVhen the bank is in the upright position the battle plates are in the position shown in full lines in Figure 8. In that position the coins as they are inserted strike one or the other of the plates and sometimes both, and slide from one to the other'and into the box.

If the bank be inverted in order to remove the coins both of the plates will fall down so as to lie one on top of the other and across the slots thus completely closing them and making unauthorized removal of the coins im )ossible. I

claim;

1. In a bank, a main receptacle and a slotted lid, said lid formed of an upper and lower slotted plate, the slots in the plate registering with each other, and a calendar sheet between said slots, sealing them and arranged to show through them to mark a slot for each day of the month, there being a calendar roll removably mounted in said bank and provided with calendar markings for a number of months.

2. In a bank, a main receptacle and a slotted lid, said lid formed of an upper and lower slotted plate, the slots in the plate registering with each other, and a calendar sheet between said slots, sealing them and arranged to show through them to mark a slot for each day of the month, there being a calendar roll removably mounted in said bank and provided with calendar markings for a number of months, there being within plurality of slots, a second co-operating slotted closing. plate adapted to be secured to said first mentioned plate and to engage said lip portion on its outside, and a calendar sheet between said slotted plates adapts ed to seal them and show through them and to mark a slot for each day of the month.

4; In a bank, a combined reminding and recording device including a number of slots and a paper calendar sheet beneath said slots arranged to seal them and to show through them, said sheet marked with a plurality of month calendars and being adapted to show through appropriate slots to indicate the year, the month and the day of the month, the number of slots being suflicient to permit the calendar of each monthto show through.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and- State of Illinois, this 15th day of January, 1923.

ERIC R. SKILNIK. 

